Cosmic evolution in Anaximander -- Aristotle's theory of modal syllogisms and its interpretation -- Three post-Aristotelian concepts of syllogistic logic -- The concept of nonexistent possibles -- Choice without preference: a study of the history of the logic of the problem of "Buridan's Ass" -- Logical difficulties in Leibniz' Metaphysics -- An argument of Hume's -- The revolt against process in recent philosophy -- The problem of uniqueness in history -- Evidence in history and in the law -- The dimensions of metaphysics -- A new look at the problem of innate ideas -- Truth and necessity in temporal perspective -- Pragmatic justification: A cautionary tale -- The illegitimacy of Cartesian Doubt -- Translation as a tool of philosophical analysis -- The concept of control -- A philosopher looks at welfare economics -- A problem in the theory of estimation -- Discrete stat systems, Markov chains, and problems in the theory of scientific explanation and prediction